Liquid Biopsy for Retinoblastoma

Dr. James Hicks, professor of biologic sciences at the USC Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience and professor at the Keck School of Medicine at USC, and Liya Xu, a postdoctoral fellow published work showing that the chromosomal changes in the DNA found in the eye’s aqueous humor parallel chromosomal changes found in the retinoblastoma tumor. Additioal contruibutors to the study include the Vision Center of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and the USC Roski Eye Institute, part of Keck Medicine of USC. Click here to read more.